These purses (or totes, depending on size) are knitted

Made a million felted purses and want a challenge? Looking for a tote that is a little bit “over the top?” The Kangaroo tote may be just what you are looking for. Roomy pouch pockets at the sides and just right for a large purse or small tote. Interesting details make this felted tote fun to knit.

Design Overview

This sweater is a fun exercise in matching stripes in a self-striping yarn. Self-striping yarns present some challenges because garment pieces of different widths will produce different width stripes and different balls of yarn don’t always begin at the same place in the color sequence. Our sweater is knit from the bottom up, so the “trick” is ...

This pattern calls for 100 grams of sock yarn. But, you really can use any weight of yarn. If using a sock weight yarn, you will want a 2mm - 2.5mm (US 0 - US 1 1/2) for a firm fabric.

Swatching/Finding Gauge